Health

A national campaign is encouraging people to consider working in the adult social care sector – especially those looking for a change of career.

Seven years after suffering a career-ending nervous breakdown, an award-winning journalist-turned-author has published his tenth paperback book.

Be it as a member of a bomber crew, a jazz musician, businessman or charity organiser, Drew Learmonth has lived a long and highly useful life.

Around a third of people in Scotland don’t feel comfortable talking openly about their own mental health according to new research.

A ground-breaking clinical drug trial for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has been launched thanks to a £1.5 million investment from the charity MND Scotland.

It would be fair to say that Cor Hutton’s life has changed beyond all recognition in the last six years.

A cancer charity has expressed concerns over the number of overweight and obese children – stressing they are facing long-term health risks.

An organisation for people living with sensory loss in the region is celebrating after scooping a prestigious award at the Dumfries and Galloway LEADER Rural Awards.

As tinsel and fairy lights adorn the streets up and down the country, it can be easy to overlook how the festive season can be the hardest time of the year for some.

Schoolchildren in Wigtownshire are getting creative as they help to name a new women’s, children’s and sexual health services facility taking shape in Stranraer.

Children and adults with health conditions and parents of children aged two to five years are urged to protect themselves and their children against flu.

Young people working in healthcare are encouraging others to follow their career path.

Everyone has it in them to save a life, no matter what age they learn vital first aid skills.

More than one in two people with illness or disabilities who took the government to court after losing out on benefits went on to win their case.

Scotland’s tap water has become the first in the world to gain international approval for keeping teeth healthy.

A charity is urging people to consider volunteering to support older veterans whose lives have been distressed by hearing loss or tinnitus.

A leading mental health charity has reacted to “worrying” findings in a report showing an increase in the use of compulsory treatment.

People are being encouraged to learn the symptoms of leukaemia during Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) which takes place throughout September.